This paper considers the main consequences of public procurement reform in Russia in 2005-2006. Using data from two … orders. We conclude that the principal goals of the radical reform of public procurement in Russia were never achieved. We …

This paper analyses the impact of reform and different regulation regimes on the effectiveness of procurement at a … regulation change results in decreasing delays …

We develop a model to discuss a government's incentives to delegate to bureaucrats the regulation of an industry. The …-based regulation policy requires the government to make use of a bureaucracy; this has a bureaucratic cost, as the bureaucracy diverts … implications for when and how a government should delegate its regulation of industry. We find that bureaucratic discretion reduces …

This study empirically investigates the impact of public procurement regulation quality on the competition for tenders … levels of competition and cost-effectiveness. Improved regulation quality significantly increases the number of bidders and …